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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

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Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. we were excited to extend our partnership to Imagine Impact on this new endeavor.

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PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

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Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. It included games icon Atari, which is working with PortalOne to include some of its brands and IP in that Arcade launch. We believe PortalOne is building an innovative experience at the intersection of gaming and entertainment.

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Exploding Kittens Lands $30M More

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Los Angeles-based Exploding Kittens , the developer of the popular card game of the same name, has raised another $30M in funding, the company said on Thursday. Exploding Kittens said the funding came from TCG Capital Management, which is an affiliate of The Chernin Group. READ MORE>>.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one. “We understand how much money you can make from the IP. at least in terms of the amount of money it has raised).

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Sophoi Acquired By Oracle

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Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Sophoi's product was used for intellectual property management at media and entertainment companies. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sophoi filed for bankruptcy on September 1st.

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How Catalog Is Helping SMBs Compete Against Big Brands

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M They wanted to lead our round, so we relocated to Los Angeles. in a seed funding round. from Moonshots.

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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

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PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies.

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